Dell Releases Chrome OS Build for Mini 10v Netbook

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 8:36 pm

Since Google released the source code for Chrome OS earlier this month, various people around the world have had their way with it. The newest tinkerer is a technology strategist for Dell, Doug Anson. Thanks to Doug, owners of the Dell Mini 10v can now download and use a version of Chrome OS. "I've been doing some tinkering over the last few days working to get our Dell Mini 10v up and running with ChromiumOS. As of late yesterday, I can report success," said Anson in a post to Dell’s community blog.

The OS is based on the totally open source “Chromium” arm of the Chrome OS. The image can be loaded onto an 8GB USB drive and booted on the Mini 10v with no tweaking. Though, Anson did point out that the software was being offered with no support or guarantees of any kind. Dell has said they will evaluate Chrome OS, but there are no firm plans to offer it as an option in the future.